The British Academy is considering how it might best support its constituent subjects by acting as an observatory of trends within them, and this study forms part of its evolving work in this area. The Academy welcomes comments and feedback on the value of studies like this as an attempt to better understand the development of the humanities and social sciences in the UK.

Theology and Religious Studies disciplines must confront significant challenges or risk ‘disappearing from our universities’ at a time when they have never been more needed, says the British Academy in a new report showing a steep decline in student numbers